SoundFocus has announced Amp, an intelligent sound system in a case that slides on to your smartphone. Amp uses a sophisticated audio engine and two highquality speakers to deliver crystal clear phone calls, vibrant music and immersive sound for videos, movies and more.
Using a sciencebased approach, Amp combines the technology behind hearing aids and professional audio production. With precision engineered hardware and software, Amp’s personalized sound experience vastly improves the audio quality on mobile phones. The Amp case uses an audio test that creates a fingerprint of a user’s hearing pattern and listening preferences, so all sound from the phone is tailored specifically for them, not the masses.
“Everyone hears differently,” said Alex Selig, cofounder and CEO of SoundFocus. “To create amazing sound, you need audio products that are tailored to each person’s hearing, tastes and the environment around them. With Amp, individuals can customize sound exactly the way they want it, so it sounds great no matter where they are.”
Amp personalizes audio by learning a person’s hearing pattern, musical preferences and adapting to his/her changing environment. Using these three things, Amp is able to remaster the audio output from smartphones on the fly – both through Amp’s high quality speakers and through headphones plugged into the headphone jack. “Over the past decade everything about smartphones has improved exponentially with the exception of sound quality,” said Varun Srinivasan, cofounder and Head of Engineering at SoundFocus.
“These devices have become our primary channels for media consumption but the sound half of the equation has been completely ignored. We want to personalize audio to you, your tastes and your environment, so that you can have a great listening experience whether you're listening to Spotify, watching Netflix or taking a phone call.”
Amp’s sophisticated audio engine and high quality speakers create an unparalleled experience for phone calls, music, games, and movies. The Amp case includes powerful 14x20 mm drivers and a 6 cubic centimeter acoustic backflow volume to deliver warm, rich bass notes and crisp highs. Amp’s audio architecture is complete with ARM M4 processor, 24bit digitaltoanalog converter and a headphone amplifier. It provides 7 hours of audio playback through the speakersr 20 hours from headphones. Additionally, Amp also increases a smartphone’s battery life by more than 25%.
Amp is the first in a line of personalized audio products from SoundFocus, the company behind the popular music app of the same name that tunes music to your hearing. The app has been downloaded over 150,000 times, has a 5 star rating and personalizes over 1.5 million songs per month for 18,000 monthly active users. The SoundFocus team has used the app to refine its hearing test and build a database of thousands of hearing patterns over the last year to create intelligent audio products for mobile devices.
The Amp case will be available for the iPhone 5, iPhone 5S, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, and will begin shipping in the spring of 2015. Presales starting at $69 and are available by clicking on the buy link below.
